Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Hodgestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hodgestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59707, -6.27828
- SMR number
- ME034-033----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a fairly level shelf c. 50m N of the scarp down (H c. 20m) to the valley of a SW-NE portion of the Delvin River. This is a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse and with some evidence of internal pits. It was recorded on a drone-mounted camera by Ian Lennon in July 2020.
See the attached view courtesy of Ian Lennon.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.